The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-01

Isclinsd arbitration. The oner was
NV ~ the manufacturer and the
% notified that they wonld be Pre-.
:. I'D with o scale. That Ia tina whole
Of the scsle question 90 It stands
and we are awaiting the reaults."
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AN ENGLISH NALL MAKER.
Mr.. Robert. of Lesds.; on the Trade there
and Here.
Mr.. O. Roberts, Of the firm Of i. 4 E.
Roberto, Of Atkinson street., Hunslet,
England, manufacturers Of Gu!
nas!s. sacsO and .rivs.u, ha, been In the
city md vicinity for q day or two, and left
laat evening, homeward bound, nftei sub.
Oc.iblns for tho DAILY l%NrrLLlaENcEu
for o year to keep posted on the American
nail trade. Mr.. Roberta Is a great tray.
eler, and nnusually we'll posted on The
conditions Of trade In his limo oil over The
world, He was especially interested In
the article In Yesterdays TS~TELLIorNogr
on tho experiments toward combining Ia
one machine tho neces,ary mechanism &c
manufacture both wire and out nails, aud
also In tho References in the recent past tc
inventions. He also read with
peculiaI interest the account OF the test,
made here Of tho relative holding poyel
OF hseel and wi.o nailn. He has visited
Of tho nail factories Of this section
md WAS much I'm bressed BY the difIsrsnl
circumstances OF this industry hero and In
England.
s3ME OF THE DIFFERENCE.
The difference which struck him moe'
forcibly was the ansll stock BIO found Ii
tho warehouses here as compared with
those which large operators in England
are obliged to have by them c~ouutantly,
He saya his firm mover allows itu stock L
BIO lees than revoral Thousand tons. Here
no waa struck by the comparatively empty
warehouses.
- ees.n said he, "that The mills here
wait Until tho orders come in, aud ther
make the MGi'o, and When they are made
ehut down again. l EN- told that tho ca
psui.y Of the nail factories OF America Il
about u. 900. 900 kegs, and tho annual con
sumption now not over 1000, 900 or 5000.
900. Bssldea that, our territory Ia small
and Gales n.e largely made at the mill
from which wo can roach nearly all on;
domestic Customera in :wenty.four hour.
after An order Is filed. Hers OF cours.
that cannot be, and much Of the stock WI
keep is here iu the hands Of jobhers aud
agencies in other parta Of the couatry.
another ya9t difference is in the rang,
Of goods made. Here you have q tscs
factory and q number oil nail milla. W,
make everything from o smsll tsck 10 az
eight.inch upike, aud We cut thcm from
oteel, iron, copper, zinc or anything people
WIRE NAILS AND TIE TARIFF.
"Do you make any wire nails?" the re
porter asked Mr.. Roberts.
'Ncs nos The Belgian and German
wiro nail manufacturers put their nail
into II market so much moro chespe,
than NO can produces them. You aet
there 70 no protective import duty OF
them"
would not o protective tariff be o goot
thing icr your
"for me, yes; f,r tine country, no. Ou'
policy is, tbs greatest good to the creates
number, and while from a selfish point o
view We would be glad TO have wire rsil
pTotecsed, thara ara articles we voulC
have to get free OF duty. so we yield on,
eclfsh advantage to tho general cood.p
NBu. suppose ell wers protected alike
sad thus enabled to contribute OF thei.
greater iocoms to the produce dealers
farmers md other manufacturers; woulc
not thGt be be!ter?"
Mr.. Roberts smiled, and said: ~ can
not argue against protection il America
II England had 30 large 3 farming country
open aaa such cheap food at homo and sc
great 2 market for her own products
doubtless protection would be to her nd
vantage. But as 1t is the homo marke. ii
limited, md We must keep the cost o
production OF our manufactured goods
Including wages, down to q figure ct which
they will bear expectation. II we protect
the home market, wsgeo must 90 up, ant
then We cannot coDpeto with other coun
tries Ia foreign markets. Protection il
doubtless good where you have o aufficien'
home market"
DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
Tho reporter remarked that about al
that vas known in this country of Eng
lish mil manufacture wss through Rober
+. Portes's letters, which deal with mai
making by hand work.
1--WE have nothing in common witt
thct n!ccaee," eaid Mr.. Roberta, wye
hsye one Of the leading establishments IL
England, and all our work is done by ma
chinsry. Wo uss altogether machines o
EngiiGh make and invention, though thers
are used in England machinen made II
America, just liko those used here. WI
have a fsw automatic feeders, but W.
mover use them on machines cutting nsill
longer than en- inch and a half, while
here see them ueed up to two and a hal
inohes."
"How ars your nsilero and feeder.
"We pay tho feeders ourselveu, and ";
pay the nailers beaides Tor the work O
grinding tho knivea and keeping the ma
chlnes in order. Our wo-knen are not q!
libera!iy paid as the American na;!ers sn,
leeae!s q tAelr "ageh bear cbou. tn
scns relation 10 tho wages psid for o.he
kinds of work that they do here"
NATURAL GAS.
There ia only one advantage" naid Mr
Roberts, (which the American nsil man
u%fac!urers have that l envy them, snt
that Ia limited TO tho nail factories rich
here ut the csntre Of tho industry in thi
country. You know what I meen9 Natu
raj gas. tsll you, your psople canro! ap
preciate the natural advantage you hay,
in tho gas. We can. II VIC could have
that fuel I would want nothing else. Blu
Il! is an advantage 70 can never hope tt
obtain"
Mi. Roberts has bssn in America abou
three months, principally OH . pleasur,
trip. He would have liked to stay j,
Wheeling longer, but the time 40 had sl
loved himseli is getting short and b
ia obliged to hasten over tho territory h
wants to Eee.
A Deck Hand Drowned,